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For years now, there has been a constant struggle between the right and left over ObamaCare specifically with regard to the cost of the program to average Americans.

If you listen to anyone on the left, they’ll tell you that ObamaCare is going to be great and that the cost of healthcare is going down due to ObamaCare. But facts don’t matter to the left. All that matters is defending Obama and his policies no matter what the facts say…

For months now, we’ve been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own. Last night, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finally began to provide some data on how Americans will fare on Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchanges. HHS’ press release is full of happy talk about how premiums will be “lower than originally expected.” But the reality is starkly different.

Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying insurance rates for younger men by an average of 97 to 99 percent, and for younger women by an average of 55 to 62 percent. Worst off is North Carolina, which will see individual-market rates triple for women, and quadruple for men.

Despite Obama’s constant promises, people are already being dropped from their health plans or told to expect huge increases in the cost of their plans.

Do you really think things are going to get better when ObamaCare is fully implemented?